Top Haunted Spots
By Citysearch Editors, San Francisco
Who you gonna call? Even skeptics can enjoy these local haunted haunts, where visitors have a hard time explaining icy patches of air, floating figures and mysterious noises.
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Alcatraz Island
Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco, CA
Legend has it that spirits of former inmates still occupy this famous jail. -
Queen Anne Hotel
1590 Sutter St, San Francisco, CA
Teacher Mary Lake is said to permanently haunt room 410 at this former school for girls.
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Sutro Baths
Point Lobos Ave and the Great Highway, San Francisco, CA
The baths are purported to be frequented by ghosts who throw lit candles into the rocky waters below. -
San Remo Hotel
2237 Mason St, San Francisco, CA
Legend has it that this historic, elegant hotel was once a brothel, and the Madame still holds court in Room 33. -
San Francisco Art Institute
800 Chestnut St, San Francisco, CA
The ground underneath this heralded school was a graveyard until it was moved; rumor has it some spirits stuck around. -
Safeway
2300 16th St, San Francisco, CA
The apparitions of baseball players wander the aisles of this supermarket, located on the site of the old Seals Stadium. -
Hotel Union Square
114 Powell St, San Francisco, CA
Famed playwright Lillian Hellman is allegedly the mischievous ghost who haunts room 207. -
Empire Plush Room Cabaret
940 Sutter St, San Francisco, CA
Piano player Lester tickled the ivories during the Roaring '20s; since then, staff has reported hearing piano tunes in the empty lounge. -
Curran Theatre
445 Geary St, San Francisco, CA
In the '30s, a ticket-taker was killed in a botched robbery. Ever since, patrons report seeing his reflection in the large entry mirror. -
Moss Beach Distillery Restaurant
140 Beach Way, Moss Beach, CA
This restaurant and former speakeasy may play up its haunted reputation, but the bloody lady in blue is supposedly genuine.
